Political satire Veep also picked up two major awards, along with Atlanta, Donald Glover’s FX comedy with strong political undertones.
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards was still replete with pithy Trump gags but this time it was the art being honoured that did the talking.
His inclusion marred the otherwise emboldening feel of the 2017 Emmys, inviting us to laugh with him as it celebrated content that took aim at him.
It had become routine to the point of tedium, award ceremonies being filled with strident but ineffectual Donald Trump jokes and denouncements, and there was a disconnect watching celebrity after celebrity state that America was in political crisis then hand out an award in praise of, say, the direction in The Night Manager.